Trump again tests negative for coronavirus

President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the US was headed for a "very tough two weeks", advising people to be prepared for the "hard days" ahead.

Press Trust of India

Washington, April 3, 2020, 10:33 AMApril 3, 2020, 10:33 AM

UPDATED: April 3, 2020, 10:33 AM

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US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel
coronavirus for a second time and is “healthy” and not displaying any
symptoms for the deadly disease, the White House physician has said.

Sean Conley, Trump’s physician, did not provide any context
for the second test. The doctor, however, said the president had been tested by
a new rapid-point-of-care test that delivered results in 15 minutes.

“The President tested negative for COVID-19,”
Conley, said on Thursday in a memorandum to the White House Press Secretary
Stephanie Grisham.

“This morning, the President was tested again for
COVID-19, utilising a new, rapid-point-of-care test capability. He is healthy
and without symptoms. Sample collection took just one minute and results were
reported back in 15 minutes,” Conley said.

President Trump flashed a copy of his physician’s memorandum
to his press secretary during his daily White House news conference.

“I did take a test. It just came out, this is from the
White House physician,” Trump said at the briefing while holding up the
memo.

“You may have it, just came out. I just took it this
morning. And I took it, it took me literally a minute to take it and it took me
– I guess it was 14 or 15 minutes (for results). I went to work, I didn’t wait
for it, but it said it took 14 minutes or something with a conclusion and it
said the President tested negative for COVID-19,” he was quoted as saying
by the US media.

Trump added that he had taken the test “really out of
curiosity to see how quickly it worked, how fast it worked.”

“It’s a lot easier. I’ve done them both and the second
one is much more pleasant,” he said of his second test.

The president previously tested negative for the virus in
mid-March after coming into contact with two persons who had tested positive.

Trump’s second test comes as more than a million coronavirus
cases have been confirmed worldwide and States across the US continue to hand
down strict measures to slow down the spread of the COVID-19.

America wrestles with the coronavirus pandemic that the
White House has warned could kill up to two lakh people during the next
fortnight.

A total of 1,002,159 COVID-19 cases have been reported
across more than 175 countries and territories with51,485 deaths reported so
far, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

The US has reported 236,339 COVID-19 cases, the highest in
the world, and over 5,000 people have died due to the disease.

President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the US was
headed for a “very tough two weeks”, advising people to be prepared
for the “hard days” ahead.

Deborah Bix, a member of White House Task Force on
coronavirus, based on a model from actual data from the ground, said the death
toll in the US could be between 100,000 to 200,000, with the strict
implementation of the existing mitigation measures including social distancing
till April 30.

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